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Peer reviewedSubbotsky, E. – Human Development, 1995
Examines two different types of human motivation, pragmatic and nonpragmatic. Experimental studies in preschool-age children in both the former Soviet Union and Western cultures are presented. Suggests that the two contrasting conceptions of human motivation lead to totally different practical strategies for transforming human motivation in…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Cultural Influences
